FG targets $500m import savings with new palm oil estates
The Federal Government has unveiled a coordinated plan to revive Nigeria’s palm oil industry, aiming to cut import bills by up to $500 million annually through a public-private investment model built on large-scale estates and downstream processing.
Agribusiness: Edo investors count gains, brainstorm on solutions to challenges
To attract more investments in agribusiness, governments must open up the space for smallholder farmers, ensure sufficient fund is provided for research and intensify efforts to remove investment bottlenecks.
Eliminating crude ethanol imports through enhanced cassava production
“Nigeria is the largest producer of cassava in the world, producing about 40 million tons annually. It is one of the richest fermentable substances for the production of crude alcohol/ethanol.” – Foraminifera Market Research
Women in Agriculture celebrates World Food Day, charges Nasarawa govt on agricultural policy
The President of Nigerian Association of Women In Agriculture, NAWIA, Mrs. Ngizan Chahul has appealed to the Nasawara state government to emulate its Benue state counterpart by commencing the formation of environmental friendly state agriculture policy document.
We have increased productivity; income of rice, cassava farmers – IFAD
The National Programme Coordinator, NPC, of the International Fund for Agricultural Development-Value Chain Development Programme, IFAD-VCDP, Dr. Ameh Onoja, Friday stated that the programme has increased productivity and income levels among Rice and Cassava producers, processors and marketers in all its participating states.
Some farmers in Maiduguri decry pest infestation of their farms
Some farmers in Maiduguri have expressed concern over the invasion of their farms by a parasite called millet stem-borer (Coniesta-gnefusalis).
